Carrying attachment for bicycles.



J'. JAHNE L & B. GROHMA NN.

CARRYING ATTACHMENT FOR BIGYGLES.

' APPLIUATIOF FILED DEC. 31,1907. 903,290.

Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

M a A 3 L E n N2 T HR h AG d A 5% UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH JAHXEL, OF DITTERSBAC'H, AND BRUNO GROHBIANN, OF OSTRITZ, GERMANY.

CARRYING ATTACHMENT FOR BICYCLES.

Application filed December 31, 1907. Serial No. 408,723.

To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSEPH JAHNnLJa Sub ectof the king of Prussia, residing at Dittersbach, a.-d'. Eigen, in the Kingdom of lowing is a specification.

Carrying. attachments for bicycles are known, which are suspended by hooks over the handle bars and which rest, by hooks, u on the legs of the front wheel. This kind 0 carryin attachment, while it can be attached wit-i extraordinary ease and handily on the wheel, and can be easily removed therefrom, will not stand heavy loads, be-

cause the distribution of the load to the.

front part of the bicycle frame is extremely unfavorable. To increase the carrying capacit of such carrying attachment, downward y-directed supports have been provided for-bearing the load, and having their lower ends fastened by clamps, clips or bushings to the lower fore end of the front wheel.

' wheel, already, at its weakest part, under heavy stress from shocks; such overloading is dangerous, especially on account of the unavoidable violent shocks from the heavyoharge of the carrying attachment. It has been attempted to prop the carrying arrangement against the axle proper, by means of. supports secured, at the lower ends, with the front wheel axle, the front part of the bicycle frame.

In all carrying attachments for bicycles hitherto so constructed, the carrying load. is fastened by means of one or more bushings, clamps or clips on the handle bar or some other part of the front bicycle fran'ic. This consumes much time for the attachment and removal of the carrying attachment.

In the present invention, the advanta e of all above-namedkind of carrying attac 1- ments for bicycles are combined without having an of the drawbacks thereof, inasmuch as t e carrying attachments are provided. with supports m'the usual manner by hooks passing over the'handle barand resting on the front wheel fork on'the bearing place of the load.

By the combination forming the subjcct- I Specification of Letters Patent.

'siderably increased, while the However, this overloaded the front.

and to thereby relieve Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

matter of this invention, a carrying arrangement for bicycles is attained which. dis

tributes the load upon the handle-bar, the.

front-wheel fork and the'frontavheel' axle as much as possible, and thereby increasing the capacity without a high load. Ont-he other hand, it can easily and handily be attached and removed, in a short time requiring only the detachment and re-fastening of the two nuts which are always provided on the frontwheel axle. Another material advantage is that no special fastening means is called for by the carrying attachment; these are often lost because they may not be secured after removing the carrying attachments.

Our invention relates to improvements in such carrying attachments for bicycles, which are provided with hooks for hanging on the handle-bar and bearing against the side parts of the fore-wheel fork, whereby the safety and the carrying power are con osition of the attachment with regard to tie handlebar and the fore-wheel axle can be adjusted at will.

One improvement consists in two extensible and elastic supportin rods, which are pivotallyconnected. with tie seat or support adapted to carry a pers n or a baggage and are made to rest-on the two ends of the fore wheel axle. Thereby most of the load is transferred direct to the fore-wheel .axlc, so that the handle-bar and the fork side parts are less strained than hitherto.

Another improvement consists in rei'idering extensible the two rear posts of the attachment, which are provided with. .the four hooks, so that the attachment may be adjusted to the varyin height of the handlebar above the fore-w lieel axle.

A third improvemcnt consists in making the carrying attachment foldahle.

Other improvements will. be fully dcscribed hereinafter and pointed out in the claim.

We will now proceed to describe our invention with reference to the accompanying Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

- extensible, they consisting each of an upper partl and a lower part a. The upper part is formed as a screw-s indle whic passes through two eai'sm an -n'of the lower part' a, it engaging thescrew-thread in the car at and being guided in the ear m.

The two side parts of the seat or sup ort f I are shown as plvotally connected wit 1v the lower parts a aof the two extensible rear posts andwith the two front posts p The .upper ends of the latter are pivota ly connected with the two parts a a by means of links 0 0,-while'the lower ends may be connected together byabent foot rest g. The

seat or support f is according to our invention elastically sup orted by two extensible rods, the u per en s of whlch are pivotally connecte with the two side parts ofthe seat or,

" support f, while their lower ends are adapted to rest on the two ends of the fore-wheel axle k. The construction of the two extensible elastic supporting rods may be for example as-follows: Each supporting rod consists of an upperscrew-threaded part 9, a guiding tube 9 internally screw-threaded at the u i per end for engaging the screw-thread of t e nuts or the lik'e. A- protecting sleeve 9 is referably fastened'on each upper art 9 for part and a lower part g, which latter is most y cylindrical and terminates in a thickened'c 'hndrical head g above and in a flat piece 1, below; A disk g may be disposed within. the tube g and a helical spring g is inserted between it and the head g", which isided in the tube g. The flat piece i ma provided with several holes h, throug any of which the end of the fore-wheel axle k can be introduced. The two flat pieces t i specification 1n presence of two witnesses.

maybe secured on the'fore-wheel axle k by means of the ordinary nuts in k orspecial mclosing the upper part of the tu e g and .thusprot'ecting its screw-thread from n oisture, dust and dirt. It will b'e seen, that the tion.

'twotubes g g ma 'tive direct on for engthening the two sup varied and adjusted by inserting the end of ho e the axle 7c in the respective h and by tu'rnin the tube g in one or the other direchereby t e inclination of the-seat or support f can be adjusted. It. is alsoobvi- .ous, that most of the load, be it the weight of a child sittin on the seat f or that of ab gage or the li e resting on the support f,

' e transferreddirect to the fore-wheellaxle is, so that the handle-bar. c and the two side.

arts e e of the fore-wheel fork are p rotectedroln excessivevstrains. The helical springs g in the two supporting rods are adapted to take up the shocks and vibrations, which are therefore not transmitted to the child or'bag ga' e or the like.

hen the seat or su port f is not loaded, it l 0 will be folded up by t e two helical springs g, as is shown at Fig.) V

e turned in the respec- .porting rods. I

The carrying attachment for bicycles de-.

3, and if necessary the.

scribed may be varied in many respects without departing from the spirit of our inven tion.

'. We claim:

and each consisting of a hooked screw-s indle'and ,a hooked part' which is provided with ears'for fitting the screw-spindle, of a carrying means. lvotally connected with ork respectively said twoextensib e posts, and twoextensi ble supporting rods pivotall connected with said carrying means and a a ted to -res t"on' the twoends of the fore-whee axle.

In testimony whereof we have signed this JOSEPH- JAHNEL. BRUNO GROHMANN. Witnesses: I

Enron Tansomin, MARLIN WAGNER. 

